Trolling-spoon.



H. W. McMAHON.

TROLLING SPOON APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 1914- 1,136,475. I Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY W. MQMiAHON, a citizen of the: United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King'and State of Washington, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Trolling-Spoons,

of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in trolling spoons commonly employed 'm fishing for salmon, trout and other game fish. The object of the invention 1s .the provision of 1 a spoon which, when drawn through the water will attract the game ties.

fish by peculiar construction of reversible motion thereto its movements. The novel and the spoon gives a of alluring quali- The invention consists in the novel construction and .configuration of a trolling spoon, as will be fully described in the following specificatiom'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally set forth in the claims.

my invention. Fig. 2 =is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Figs. 3, t and 5 are cross sectional views through 3 3, H and 55 of Fig. 1, respectively.

.According to my invention, the spoon is' centuated at the rear end of the spoon.

Adjacent the front end of the spoon the metal is protruded from the concave s1de thereof, forming a protuberance 7 upon the opposite side, or that upon which the concave surface is formed at the rear end of the spoon. Such protuberance 7 is of wedge-like configuration, and lies symmetrically in the longitudinal axis of the spoon, with its sharp edge directed forwardly. At a the rear end of the spoon, upon the opposite side from whichthe protuberance 7 was made, a gully 8 is formed,'which extends forwardly along the longitudinal axis of rRo LINe-sroon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, creasing Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment Patented'Apr. 20, 1915;

Application filed October 19, 1914'. Serial m sevaaz.

the spoon, which gully at its rear extremity, is branched and extends in opposite lateral directions, as at 10. Rearwardly of the gully portions 10 the spoon is flattened to a substantially plane surface, and directed at a relatively sharp angle to the plane medial portion 6 of the spoon, thus forming asymmetrically disposed ,lip 12 comprising a reaction surface adapted to cause the rear end of the spoon to be deflected relative to, the direction of progress of the spoon. Upon each side of the gully portion 8, as at 11, the spoon body is given a gradually inangular "direction rearwardly toward the gully portions 10, forming lat eral reaction surfaces to cause a rolling motion to the spoon, as will presently be explained.

In operation, the spoon is drawn'throu h the water, which it cuts, with its'medlal plane portion lying in the vertical direction. The protuberance 7 tends to divide the water streaming past the spoon and directs the same rearwardly in a bifurcated stream, which impinges upon the reaction surfaces 11 at the rear end of the spoon, respectively. In addition to the above stated oflice, the concavo-convex construction of the protuberance 7 serves to give a so-called wabblmg motion to the spoon at the forward end, which is further accentuated by the construction at the rear end of the spoon so that the spoon swings from side to side upon the wider portions. In being drawn through the water, the rear end of the'spoon naturally gravitates somewhat lower'than the forward end of the spoon and hence the rearwardly impinging streams of water will fall with greater force upon the upper sur- 9-5 ner, and the. spoon is again vibrated to its former position. The effect of the de- 105 arapid rockscribed construction is to cause ing motion to the spoon, which together with the laterally swinging motion given by the lip 12, imparts a compound wabbling and turning movement that has proved ex- 110 tremely attractive to game fish, and well serves the. purpose for which intended.

causing the spoon toreverse Having described my invention, what I claim, is

1. A trolling spoon having a symmetrically disposed reaction surface at its rear end, extending from below the plane of the medial portion of the spoon to a point above said plane, and opposing lateral reaction surfaces extending from said-medial portion of the spoon rearwardly to said firstnamedgreaction surface, and branched gullies formed between said lateral reaction surfaces and between the latter and said first-named reaction surface.

2. A trolling spoon having a gully near its rear end which is divided into two laterally disposed gullies at the rear end of said first-named gully.

3. A trolling spoon -having a gully lying along its major axis and rearwardly of its minor axis, said gully being divided at its rear end into two laterally disposed gullies, the rear end of said spoon being bent upwardly from the bottom of said gullies above the medial plane of the spoon to form an upstanding lip.

4. A trolling spoon having a gully extending along its major axis rearwardly of its minor axis, and below the medial plane'of the spoon, said gullylbeing divided at its rear end into two laterally disposed gullies, the rear end of said spoon being bent upwardly from the bottom of said gullies above the medial plane of the spoon to form an upstanding lip of substantially plane surface, the lateral surfaces at each side of the first-named gully being curved upwardly'to form lateral reaction surfaces,

and means for cutting the water and directing it with greater force against one of said lateral reaction surfaces and the adjacent portion of said lip.

5. A trolling spoon having a gully extending along its major axis rearwardly of its minor axis, and below the medial plane of form lateral reaction surfaces, and a protuberance formed on the front end of said spoon'and' extending upon the opposite side of the medial plane of the spoon fromsaid gullies, whereby the water is divided and directed with greater force against the upper of said lateral reaction surfaces and the adjacent portion of said lip.

6. A trolling spoon having a central plane portion, a protuberance adjacent its front end, a gully at its rear end and on the opposite side of the medial plane of the spoon from said protuberance, laterallybranched gullies from said first-named gully, and a lip extending rearwardly of said gillies and from the bottom of said gullies past said medial plane of the spoon.

Signed at-Seattle, Wash, this 30th day of September, 1914. Y

HARRY W. McMAHON.

Witnesses: MARY A. MCMAHON,

HORACE BARNES. 

